Door-bracing device.



C'. G. FILZER.

DOOR BRACING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, m4.

1,239,582, PatentedSept. 11, 1917.

84 mm 1 1 To? Gnome o strains arnnr CHRISTIAN G. FILZER, OF ERIE,PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN Gr. FILZER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-BracingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to door bracing devices and consists in certainimprovements in the construction thereof as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which may be attachedto doors so as to prevent the sagging of the door or to strain the doorto make it conform to the casing and also to strain the door to correctit as to warping.

The invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings as followsFigure 1 shows a front elevation of a door with the device in place.

Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 in Fig. l.

1 marks the door, 2 the door hinges, 3 the door stile nextthe hinge anda the cross rails. These may be of any ordinary construction.

Anchor pieces 5 are opposingly placed at each side of the door on thestile. These are provided with the flanges 6 forming a facing whichcontacts the door. The opposing anchor pieces are connected by the bolt7 which is screw threaded and screwed into the opposing anchor pieces sothat the flanges 6 form a clamp between which the stile is clamped. Therods 8 are screwed into the perforations 9 in the anchor pieces 5. Theopposite ends of the rods are screw threaded and extend throughperforations 10 in the anchor pieces 11. The anchor pieces 11 aresimilar to the anchor pieces5 except the perforations 10 are not screwthreaded. Cap nuts 12 are arranged on the lower sides of the anchorpieces 11 and the nuts 13 are arranged on the upper sides. The anchorpieces 11 have the flanges 14: similar to the flanges 6 and the opposinganchor pieces 11 are connected by the screw threaded stud 15 so that theanchor pieces may clamp the rail between them.

Ordinarily the clamping action will be sufficient to hold the anchorpieces in place Copies of this patent may be obtained for Specificationof Letters Patent. Patgntrefi S ept, 191% Application filed December 30,1914. Serial No. 879,638.

but if desired the anchor pieces 5 may be secured by screws 16 extendingthrough the flange 6 and the anchor pieces 11 by screws 17 extendingthrough the flanges 141.

It will be observed that the rods 8 may be put under strain either todraw the anchor pieces toward each other or to force them apart as theconditions may require. Ordi narily with the brace in the positionshown, the rods would be strained to draw the anchor pieces together soas to prevent the sagging of the door. The rods may be locked inadjustment under these conditions by the nuts 13. l/Vhere it is desiredto reverse this strain, the nuts 13 are utilized for exerting the strainand the cap nuts 12 for locking the parts in adjustment.

Under certain conditions it is desirable to put one rod 8 under strainto draw the anchor pieces toward each other and the rod at the oppositeside of the door under strain to force the anchor pieces apart. In thisway a warped door may be straightened.

What I claim as new is 1. In a door bracing device, the combination of adoor; two pairs of anchor pieces arranged on opposite sides of the door;screw threaded studs connecting the anchor pieces at opposite sides ofthe door and forming clamps of the anchor pieces between which the dooris clamped; and rods connecting said anchor pieces.

2. In a door bracing device, the combination of a door; two pairs ofanchor pieces arranged on opposite sides of the door; screw threadedstuds connecting said anchor pieces to the door and forming means forclamping the door between the anchor pieces; a rod secured to the firstanchor piece of each pair, said rod being screw threaded and extendingthrough the second anchor piece of the pair; a cap nut extending fromthe end of the rod against the anchor piece; and a second nut at theopposite side of said second anchor piece.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN G. FILZER. Witnesses:

B. M. HARTMAN, THOMAS C. MILLER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G.

